The self-taught San Franciscan artist Charmaine Olivia is very talented at painting and drawing these modern tattooed Indian/pirate-Pin-up models.  She first started drawing with soy sauce on napkins but has since upgraded to paper and paint and now is an artist drawing these beautiful women.(...) Read More about Chairmaine Olivia Illustrations (10 words)

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Some more Pin-up Love! Handiedan’s mixed media artworks are delicate cut & paste mixtures wrapped in contemporary antiquity. “She meticulously combines classic pin-ups and movie images with paint, ink, yellowed sheet music, old fashioned playing cards, money, stamps, Chinese papers, old wood, rusted metal and doodles as a (...) Read More about Pin-up Collages by Handiedan (10 words)

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We love Pin-ups & we love packaging (chocolate too!). So props to Kyle Tezak for his beautiful packaging Mindy’s Hot Chocolate in Chicago.  Loving it!

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You already know our obsession with Pin-ups, so when we find some funny & cute photo manipulation pin-ups and animals, we have to publish it! These collages are from Belgian artist Natasa Denic. (...) Read More about Natasa Denic’s Animal Kingdom (3 words)

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In our favorite Pin-up illustrator serie, here is Gil Elvgren (1914-1980). Elvgren has joined the ranks of George Petty and Enoch Bolles as one of the premiere American pin-up artists. His heroines are often caught in humorous but distressing situations. Too bad that nowadays the garter-belt is not as much as popular…

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Florida native Enoch Bolles (1883-1976) is among the earliest and most popular of all the glamor and pin-up illustrators.(...) Read More about Enoch Bolles Pin-up Illustrator (69 words)

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You know we love Pin-ups ( especially me ! ) and when an editorial uses it as theme (and it looks nice) I have to post it. Here is a preview of the upcoming V Magazine #62(...) Read More about Pin Me Up, Pin Me Down by Willy Vanderperre for V Mag 62 (35 words)

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French Digital Artist, Serge Birault aka Papaninja, have some great illustrations in his portfolio, love the mix of sexy pinup style, humor, goths and guns !(...) Read More about Serge Birault Illustrations (2 words)

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Wow, how amazingly inspirational are the curvy Pin-ups of George Petty ! He was one of the top “cheesecake” illustrators of the 30s and 40s. He began his career with a series of cartoons featuring beautiful girls and their far from handsome beaus.(...) Read More about George Petty – Curvy Pin-up from 1947 (122 words)

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